yeah  trust me so little info has really been given out  aside from the trailer and the walk through...all we know is that This will be a story driven MMO that will have all the normal features of an online Game....

But i need to know what races we can play. this should be something the dev team has finalized by now. This is star wars. Humans are just a single race among hundreds if not thousands of intelligent races....SWG gave us plenty of races....but this game takes place in a universe that is expanded due to an on going War. The KOTOR lore is vast...give us something more then Humans....

(i read somewhere that they have said something about playable races, if this is true could someone post them??!?!?!?)

Am I tripping over myself on some minor details for a game that isn't going to be released for over a year?

No. I'm crazy like that.

As of yet, Humans are the only truly confirmed race.

I googled it and found this discussion that has people voting on races and stuff, but that's about it:

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=12373

No info on races that Im aware of. No info on alot of things. Feel free to ask anytime you have a question though. But, Thats probably the answer you'll be getting for a while. Wait and see for now.

 Here you go: www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php

"Human Only - You will be able to play other species, we just have not announced those other species yet."

Originally posted by needalife214

yeah  trust me so little info has really been given out  aside from the trailer and the walk through...all we know is that This will be a story driven MMO that will have all the normal features of an online Game....

 

But i need to know what races we can play. this should be something the dev team has finalized by now. This is star wars. Humans are just a single race among hundreds if not thousands of intelligent races....SWG gave us plenty of races....but this game takes place in a universe that is expanded due to an on going War. The KOTOR lore is vast...give us something more then Humans....

(i read somewhere that they have said something about playable races, if this is true could someone post them??!?!?!?)

We don't know. Since you obviously realize this, why are you asking?

Hope they introduce alot of playable races and have great customization of those races so ppl dont look like cookie cutter toons.

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

I want to play a female Twi'lek dancer.... oh wait, is that not one of the options!! Dammit...

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

Well, considering you consider the Dev's liars and won't trust anything they say, then NO, there is no indication. 

The only "indication" of other playable races is the outright statement: "Yes, there will be other playable races besides humans." 

But again, for you, that doesn't count, does it?

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

Yup, as in the KOTOR games the norm for Sith characters ( including npc's and sith imperial troops) human was the norm as the Sith war machine was xenophobic. Actually you could even see this mind set in the movies.

 As for the Jedi Knight side of things it should be culturally diverse but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

...misposted this one, nvm...

Originally posted by jinxit

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Yup, as in the KOTOR games the norm for Sith characters ( including npc's and sith imperial troops) human was the norm as the Sith war machine was xenophobic. Actually you could even see this mind set in the movies.

 As for the Jedi Knight side of things it should be culturally diverse but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

 

Darth Maul was Zabrak.

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by jinxit

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Yup, as in the KOTOR games the norm for Sith characters ( including npc's and sith imperial troops) human was the norm as the Sith war machine was xenophobic. Actually you could even see this mind set in the movies.

 As for the Jedi Knight side of things it should be culturally diverse but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

 

Darth Maul was Zabrak.

He was also expendable...more an enforcer or an assassin for his master.

Never to be a true Sith in the eyes of his master.

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Well, considering you consider the Dev's liars and won't trust anything they say, then NO, there is no indication. 

 

The only "indication" of other playable races is the outright statement: "Yes, there will be other playable races besides humans." 

 

But again, for you, that doesn't count, does it?

You're a bit over-excited and it's making you rude. Calm down. It's only a game and, as we are beginning to see, one that doesn't look like it's going to be a great success. Sorry for you.

:lol:

Originally posted by jinxit

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by jinxit

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Yup, as in the KOTOR games the norm for Sith characters ( including npc's and sith imperial troops) human was the norm as the Sith war machine was xenophobic. Actually you could even see this mind set in the movies.

 As for the Jedi Knight side of things it should be culturally diverse but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

 

Darth Maul was Zabrak.

He was also expendable...more an enforcer or an assassin for his master.

Never to be a true Sith in the eyes of his master.

I agree, he was a 'red shirt'... but reading this says nothing about Sith being only human and the in fact the original Sith were not Human at all.  So I believe you will have the will be able to have non-human Sith Warriors and it will conform to lore.

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

Hmm, never thought about the voices of other species being needed. If they do, hopefully they can use more clever accents than GL..God love him.

Would you rather hear the actual language being spoken and reading the subtitles, or would you rather it all be in the same language(english, french, ect..) with strong accents? I think id rather read the subtitles...but it's hard to say without experiencing both. Honestly though voices are cool, not a big deal either way for me. Good for the KOTOR only fans making their way to the MMO scene i guess.

In a couple of bioware games, a few of the characters really got on my nerves. Thats a good thing though. Good writing if they can draw any emotion at all from me via NPC's. One game i replayed just to kill one of my group members I grew to hate, because it gave you the choice to save em or kill/let them die when you first met them. Turned out no matter what you picked they still ended up in your group. I was kinda pissed.

Originally posted by storyless

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Well, considering you consider the Dev's liars and won't trust anything they say, then NO, there is no indication. 

 

The only "indication" of other playable races is the outright statement: "Yes, there will be other playable races besides humans." 

 

But again, for you, that doesn't count, does it?

 

You're a bit over-excited and it's making you rude. Calm down. It's only a game and, as we are beginning to see, one that doesn't look like it's going to be a great success. Sorry for you.

:lol:

Rude? I'm just pointing out what is known. 

And pointing out you won't care. Which, as you just demonstrated, is the truth. 

Nothing rude about the truth, is there? :D

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by storyless

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by storyless

Has there been any indication at all that any other race except human will be playable?

Given Bioware's track record with Kotor and Mass Effect, I think it's almost guaranteed that other species will not be playable. For a start, it would mean that start-to-finish voice tracks would have to be created for each player race option (plus their female variant).

 

Well, considering you consider the Dev's liars and won't trust anything they say, then NO, there is no indication. 

 

The only "indication" of other playable races is the outright statement: "Yes, there will be other playable races besides humans." 

 

But again, for you, that doesn't count, does it?

 

You're a bit over-excited and it's making you rude. Calm down. It's only a game and, as we are beginning to see, one that doesn't look like it's going to be a great success. Sorry for you.

:lol:

 

Rude? I'm just pointing out what is known. 

 

And pointing out you won't care. Which, as you just demonstrated, is the truth. 

 

Nothing rude about the truth, is there? :D

Just butting in here..
 

 The CEO of EA said this will be a microtransaction game, and the response was don't believe it just yet, they're gauging the reaction. It's not official until bioware officially announces the details. Which i think is good advice. Until it's officially revealed with details, or 3rd parties have reported playing other species, it's subject to change. For all we know other races might be content that needs to be purchased to be unlocked. So you both could be wrong and right. No need to argue just to argue. There are no details. There is no truth known by anyone who can talk about it yet. And other species is far down on the important info list.

Sorry for interrupting your conversation.

Originally posted by FikusOfAhazi

Just butting in here..
 

 The CEO of EA said this will be a microtransaction game, and the response was don't believe it just yet, they're gauging the reaction. It's not official until bioware officially announces the details. Which i think is good advice. Until it's officially revealed with details, or 3rd parties have reported playing other species, it's subject to change. For all we know other races might be content that needs to be purchased to be unlocked. So you both could be wrong and right. No need to argue just to argue. There are no details. There is no truth known by anyone who can talk about it yet. And other species is far down on the important info list.

Sorry for interrupting your conversation.

Oh I know that. I'm just referring to the words of Daniel AND Sean at GamesCom (both BioWare Austin employees). When I asked them about playable races, their answer was each time: "There will be other playable races, not just humans." 

Again, the Dev's could be lying or scheming. Take it as it is. A direct, clear statement from two people involved in creating the game. 

Originally posted by storyless

 

 It's only a game and, as we are beginning to see, one that doesn't look like it's going to be a great success. Sorry for you

You mean personally it's not going to be a success? Finacially I think it will do fine, if not great. It's apparent you have a great intrest in this game. So what is the interesting part about it for you? Is it the fact that it's not going to be the "SWG2" that many are still sulking about (It's been how many years? QQ). Or is it actually starting to shape into a competitive game for w/e game you are currently playing. Not only is this game shaping up quite nicely (in my and many others opinion) it's doing a great job at warding people like yourself away from it. If anything I feel sorry for you and those like you.

No info released yet-

There is no way to tell whether a game is going to be successful or not. Success is in the eyes of the beholder as I'd like to say. I would call WoW a great success. Do I like the game? Not for a long time, Will I resub for WoW for the brand new Expantion coming out? Hell no. Sooooo in WoW was not successful in grabbing my taste. Hense, not a successful game to me. But money wise it's the motherload.

You're a hard core PvPer, RP is for n00bs you say...well then something like Darkfall is a great success. I fancy RP-PvP if I can't have both then it's not a great success to ME.

You get the point. Success=what you make it. A) a good quality game that fits the minority. or B) a OK Quality game that makes every 10-yr-old boy and girl happy along with their parents who tag along for family time.

Last but not least, to stay on topic.

I've been taking an interest in what races are playable my self. I've been thinking from the screen shots, the trailor, the avatars that you're allowed to have on the forums and such. is a pretty decent idea of what type of races may be playable.

from the trailor alone you saw humans, a twi'lek, and a Rodian, and a Kel Dor (Plo Koon). I think thats a really good guess for just a few playable races. :)

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by FikusOfAhazi

Just butting in here..
 

 The CEO of EA said this will be a microtransaction game, and the response was don't believe it just yet, they're gauging the reaction. It's not official until bioware officially announces the details. Which i think is good advice. Until it's officially revealed with details, or 3rd parties have reported playing other species, it's subject to change. For all we know other races might be content that needs to be purchased to be unlocked. So you both could be wrong and right. No need to argue just to argue. There are no details. There is no truth known by anyone who can talk about it yet. And other species is far down on the important info list.

Sorry for interrupting your conversation.

 

Oh I know that. I'm just referring to the words of Daniel AND Sean at GamesCom (both BioWare Austin employees). When I asked them about playable races, their answer was each time: "There will be other playable races, not just humans." 

 

Again, the Dev's could be lying or scheming. Take it as it is. A direct, clear statement from two people involved in creating the game. 

 Of coarse there will be other playable races, at least in my opinion. SW has some weird looking species though. A problem that occured in swg was clothing and armor didnt work with some. From what devs have said, making armor is a pain in the ass for them. Having to do it for each race, everytime they add new stuff was impossible to do in a way or in time to meet customer expectations. Have no idea if this is a concern for Bioware or not. Maybe they'll get to as many species as they can with their resources, or are still picking out the most popular that could work.

  It's kinda odd how they are releasing info though. Obviously the way they are doing it will create alot of speculation. I'm surprised that there are many people telling others not to discuss or speculate or dooms say. When its a clear product of their marketing. Almost as if they want people to do just that.

 I think most assume the humanoid species found throughout KOTOR will be there at least. Personally I'd like a little yoda companion (don't know his race) following me around, or riding piggy back. You could toss him at your foe as a last ditch move or something. Maybe roll him at a group like a bowling ball as Crowd Control. Tons of stuff you could do with a yoda.

Originally posted by barren216

No info released yet-

There is no way to tell whether a game is going to be successful or not. Success is in the eyes of the beholder as I'd like to say. I would call WoW a great success. Do I like the game? Not for a long time, Will I resub for WoW for the brand new Expantion coming out? Hell no. Sooooo in WoW was not successful in grabbing my taste. Hense, not a successful game to me. But money wise it's the motherload.

You're a hard core PvPer, RP is for n00bs you say...well then something like Darkfall is a great success. I fancy RP-PvP if I can't have both then it's not a great success to ME.

You get the point. Success=what you make it. A) a good quality game that fits the minority. or B) a OK Quality game that makes every 10-yr-old boy and girl happy along with their parents who tag along for family time.

 

Last but not least, to stay on topic.

 

I've been taking an interest in what races are playable my self. I've been thinking from the screen shots, the trailor, the avatars that you're allowed to have on the forums and such. is a pretty decent idea of what type of races may be playable.

from the trailor alone you saw humans, a twi'lek, and a Rodian, and a Kel Dor (Plo Koon). I think thats a really good guess for just a few playable races. :)

 

Well, we do have a clear idea on what Lucasfilm and lucas arts consider a failure  for their IP in an MMO. I say we leave it totally up to them...as far as forum BSing goes.

Your guess for some of the playable races is a good one.

Twi'leks and Kel Dor im pretty sure are going to be playable but i dont really have any information to support that claim.